China's online gaming population exceeds 40 million

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2008-01-16 20:21

Suzhou -- The number of online gamers in China rose 23 percent to 40.17 million last year, according to an industry survey.

Regular subscribers comprised 22.36 million of the total, up 30 percent from 2006, said the survey, which was released on Wednesday at an annual gaming industry conference held in Suzhou City of Jiangsu Province. The survey was jointly conducted by the committee on gaming work of the Publishers Association of China and IDC, a US-based technology analysis firm.